Discrete Wigner function and quantum-state tomography

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2998-3013

  Leonhardt, Ulf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 4244098305     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.2998     Document Type: Article

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